Schengen Visa

About the Visa

What is a Schengen visa?

A Schengen visa gets its name from a small town in Luxembourg where a treaty was signed in 1995 to end internal border checkpoints and controls.

With a Schengen visa, you may enter one country and travel freely throughout the Schengen zone. This type of visa only applies to nationalities that would normally be required to obtain a visa prior to entering the countries listed below. US citizens in most cases do not need to apply for a Schengen visa.

When traveling to multiple Schengen countries, which consulate is the visa applied through?

If you're traveling to multiple Schengen countries you should apply for a visa for the country in which you will stay the longest. If you do not have a main destination, you should apply for a visa for the country that will be your first point of entry.